{UAH} After losing her sight, legislator works to open center for the blind in Uganda

After losing her sight, legislator works to open center for the blind in Uganda

 
 
 
 

 
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JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

Margaret Baba Diri walked in the lobby of the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton with Dina Rosenbaum (right), chief program officer for the center.

By Emily Williams GLOBE CORRESPONDENT  JUNE 25, 2018

NEWTON — Margaret Baba Diri is scrolling through her iPhone, even if it doesn't seem that way at first.

The screen is dark, and she holds it at her chest, her finger swiping through the pages as an automated voice calls out the names of her apps until she lands on the one she wants.

She is practicing "flicking," a technique she learned during an eight-week training program this spring at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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